before the Assize Court, the former principal of Samuel Paty's college shares her life stopped

On October 16, 2020, a young radical Islamist murdered the history and geography teacher after a young student lied.

“On the one hand, I said to myself that it's not possible that it was Mr. Paty and another voice told me that it was him. I was stunned. I leaned against the wall, I slid gently “remembered Tuesday, November 12, before the special criminal court of Paris, the former principal of the college where the professor worked, murdered on October 16, 2020 by a young radical Islamist.

Audrey F., the former principal of the Bois-d'Aulne college in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine (Yvelines), who now works in a French international high school in China, talks about an establishment “where it was good to live” up to the shameless lie of a 13-year-old student, the exploitation of this lie by an Islamist militant and the brutal assassination of a history teacher described as “someone serious and conscientious”.

“It’s difficult for me to answer the simple question: ‘How are you?’. I want to answer: ‘I still have my head on my shoulders so it’s okay, it can be okay’”. A silence and Audrey F. adds: “I failed to protect him (…) It’s a huge waste”. “I won't be able to move forward until these people [les accusés] will not be found guilty (…) I tell myself that if there is justice, maybe I will succeed in moving forward.”underlines Audrey F.